WellSpan Health

WellSpan Health is a large integrated health care system located in South-Central Pennsylvania. Headquartered in York, Pennsylvania, WellSpan Health includes WellSpan York Hospital, WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital, WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital, WellSpan Surgery & Rehabilitation Hospital, WellSpan Medical Group, WellSpan VNA Home Care, WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital, WellSpan Philhaven, WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital, WellSpan Waynesboro Hospital, Apple Hill Surgical Center, WellSpan Medical Equipment, and several other health care provider entities in south central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland.

WellSpan Health
TypeNot-for-profit integrated health system
Founded1880
Headquarters
United States 
Area served
York, Adams, Lancaster, Franklin and Lebanon counties, Pennsylvania; Northern Maryland, United States
Number of employees
19,000+
Websitehttp://www.wellspan.org/

WellSpan York Hospital offers many graduate medical educational programs, including residencies sponsored in the fields of Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dentistry, Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine and Family Medicine. WellSpan York Hospital also hosts allied health certification programs for nurse anesthetists, radiology, phlebotomy, medical laboratory science and respiratory care.

Mission statement

Working as one to improve health through exceptional care for all, lifelong wellness and healthy communities.[1]

Key Statistics
  • WellSpan Health provides more than $126 million each year in charitable, uncompensated care.[2]
  • Employs more than 19,000 employees across south central Pennsylvania.[3]
  • WellSpan Medical Group includes more than 1,200 primary care and specialty physicians and advanced practice clinicians.
  • Includes more than 130 outpatient patient care locations that offer services such as diagnostic imaging, laboratory, rehabilitation, primary care, walk-in health care, durable medical equipment and other specialty services.
  • Includes a regional home care organization (WellSpan VNA Home Care).

History

In December 1879, York, PA businessman Samuel Small gathered others in the community to discuss the idea of establishing a local hospital to support York's growing population needs and manufacturing interests. He offered to donate the land on which the hospital would be built, and on January 14, 1880 the letters of incorporation were filed with the Court of Common Pleas of York County to build The York Hospital and Dispensary. The three-story building was constructed at the corner of West College Ave. and Church Alley. An annual report for the year 1896 shows that a total of 1,922 cases were treated (1,756 in the dispensary and 166 as inpatients).[4]

York Hospital and Dispensary later shortened its name to York Hospital and then York Health Network. In 1999, Gettysburg Hospital[5] became the second hospital in York Health Network.

In 2000, York Health Network joined WellSpan Health.[6]

Recent mergers and affiliations include:

  • Ephrata Community Hospital,[7] Ephrata, PA, on Oct. 1, 2013.
  • Good Samaritan Health System,[8] Lebanon, PA, on July 1, 2015.
  • Philhaven,[9] the 14th largest mental health provider in the United States, on Jan. 1, 2016

WellSpan Leadership Team
  • Roxanna L. Gapstur, Ph.D, R.N., president and chief executive officer[10][11]
  • Anthony Aquilina, MD, executive vice president, chief physician executive[12]
  • John M. Porter Jr., executive vice president and chief operating officer[13]
  • R. Hal Baker, MD, senior vice president, clinical improvement, and chief information officer[14]
  • Robert J. Batory, senior vice president and chief human resources officer
  • P. Geoffrey Nicholson,Jr., MD, senior vice president, population health[15]
  • Thomas R. Harlow, senior vice president, WellSpan Health/president, WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital[16]
  • Philip D. Hess, senior vice president, WellSpan Health/president, WellSpan Philhaven
  • Jane E. Hyde, senior vice president, WellSpan Health/president, WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital
  • Karen Jones, MD, senior vice president, WellSpan Health/president, WellSpan Medical Group[17]
  • Glen D. Moffett, Esq., senior vice president and general counsel
  • Keith D. Noll, senior vice president, WellSpan Health/president, WellSpan York Hospital
  • Michael F. O'Connor, senior vice president and chief financial officer
  • Maria L. Royce, senior vice president, strategy and market development; chief strategy officer[18]
  • Carrie Willetts, senior vice president, WellSpan Health/president, WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital[19]
  • Barbara A. Yarrish, RN, senior vice president, post-acute services, WellSpan Health/president, WellSpan Surgery & Rehabilitation Hospital[20]

References
  1. "About WellSpan Health". WellSpan Health. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  2. "2016 Community Benefit Report: Healthy Body. Healthy Mind. Healthy Community" (PDF). www.wellspan.org. WellSpan Health. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  3. "WellSpan Health". www.companyontop.com. CompanyOnTop: We Know Business. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  4. Pennsylvania Office of the Auditor General, Amos Herr Mylin, Alexander K. Pedrick (1898). Charitable Institutions of Pennsylvania Which Have Received State Aid in 1897 and 1897. W.S. Ray, state printer. pp. 477–479. Retrieved 21 July 2016.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. Hanlon, Rebecca (Jun 12, 2015). "Health care report 2015: Growing partnership. WellSpan-Good Samaritan affiliation to bring care expansion". Central Penn Business Journal. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  6. York County Heritage Trust/Historical Society of York County. "York Hospital/York Health System records, 1880-2000". ArchiveGride. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  7. Stauffer, Heather (18 August 2014). "WellSpan announces tobacco-free hiring policy". CPBJ.com. Central Penn Business Journal. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  8. Francisco, Danielle. "Good Samaritan Health System joins WellSpan after a year of talks". WITF.org. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  9. "PHILHAVEN OFFICIALLY JOINS WELLSPAN HEALTH ON JAN. 1". Philhaven.org. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  10. "WellSpan Health welcomes new President and CEO Roxanna L. Gapstur | WellSpan Health". Wellspan.org. Wellspan Health. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  11. "About WellSpan: Our Management Team". WellSpan.org. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  12. "Anthony Aquilina, DO - WellSpan Health". www.wellspan.org. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
  13. Stauffer, Healther. "Ephrata hospital president named WellSpan Health COO". LancasterOnline.com. Lancaster Online. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  14. "Who We Are". HIMSSanalytics.org. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  15. "WellSpan Health appoints new Senior Vice President for Population Health | WellSpan Health". www.wellspan.org. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
  16. Ruhl, Lenay (28 March 2016). "WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital appoints new president". Central Penn Business Journal. BridgeTower Media. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  17. "WellSpan names Dr. Karen Jones president of its 850-member medical group". LancasterOnline.com. LancasterOnline. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  18. Dyrda, Laura (23 November 2016). "29 hospital and health system chief strategy officers to know". Becker's Hospital Review. Becker's Healthcare. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  19. Burns, Patrick (4 February 2016). "Carrie Willetts takes over at WellSpan". The Ephrata Review. LNP Media Group, Inc. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  20. "Business in Brief for Jan. 3". EveningSun.com. The Evening Sun. 30 December 2015.
  1. "Approval for Elevation of Level II Trauma Center to Level I Status" (PDF) (Press release). Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation. 2022-07-22. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2022-08-19.
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